"It’s not the thing God wants us to do that’s hard. It’s what we put ourselves through to get around to it."

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for the last time as Rector of St. Mary of the Angels.

RCL (Year A):

Acts 1:6-14

Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36

1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

John 17:1-11

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. How do Christians account for the hope within us? How do we speak to a culture that does not know the language of faith? Paul's speech in Athens shows the way to share the Good News of God in Jesus Christ today.

RCL (Year A):

Acts 17:22-31

Psalm 66:7-18

1 Peter 3:13-22

John 14:15-21

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017. Jesus tells us that he goes to prepare a place for us. We know the way there, because he is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. But until we go to the Father's house, God makes his home among us here.

RCL (Year A):

Acts 7:55-60

Psalm 31:1-5

1 Peter 2:2-10

John 14:1-14

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The Church today is a family, just like the early Church was.

RCL (Year A):

Acts 2:42-47

Psalm 23

1 Peter 2:19-25

John 10:1-10

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for the 3rd Sunday of Easter. As it turns out, our stuff is really important to God!

RCL (Year A):

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17

1 Peter 1:17-23

Luke 24:13-35

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for the Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday). Peter's great speech in Acts 2 takes his listeners to the cross and empty tomb: "We are all witnesses," he concludes. In John's Gospel we encounter Thomas, who does not believe when his friends tell him, "We have seen the Lord." Our faith is a precious gift, which teaches us that Christ, by his Spirit, is with us always.

RCL (Year A):

Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Psalm 16

1 Peter 1:3-9

John 20:19-31

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for Easter Sunday.

RCL (Year A):

Acts 10:34-43

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

Colossians 3:1-4

Matthew 28:1-10

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches at the Great Vigil of Easter, 15 April 2017

Fr. Andrew Petiprin preaches for Maundy Thursday, 13 April 2017.